Culture, Chronology and the Chalcolithic

• Diğer Yazarlar: Lovell, J. (Editör), Rowan, Yorke (Editör)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Council for British Research in the Levant 2011
• Konular: Archaeology
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

To some, the Chalcolithic (4700/4500-3700/3600 BC cal.), as the first period with metallurgy, large sprawling villages, rich mortuary offerings, and cult centres, represents a developmental stage on the road to the urban Bronze Age, the "dawn of history". Others have called it 'the en...